In the 1860 campaign Slidell supported Democratic presidential candidate John C. Breckinridge, but remained a pro-Union moderate until Abraham Lincoln's election pushed the Southern states into seceding. Siding with the South, Slidell accepted a diplomatic appointment to represent the Confederacy in France.
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In accordance with the authority conferred by this Congress, the Confederate President appointed John Slidell and James M. Mason diplomatic agents in October, 1861, with power to enter into conventions for treaties with England and France.
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John Slidell served as agent to Mexico in the months preceding the outbreak of war between that nation and the United States. A native of New York City, Slidell had gone south after the War of 1812 and rose to become a scrappy New Orleans politician.
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SLIDELL, John, a Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born in New York City in 1793; graduated from Columbia College (later Columbia University),
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on John Slidell (American diplomat), 1793New York, N.Y., U.S. July 29, 1871London, Eng.U.S. and Confederate diplomat whose seizure with James M. Mason precipitated the Trent Affair during the American Civil War. CREATE MY John Slidell NEW ARTICLE...
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John Slidell John Slidell (1793-1871), American politician, represented the Confederacy in France during the American Civil War John Slidell was born in New York City. After graduating from Columbia College in 1810, he entered into business but was ruined by the War of 1812. He then studied law and was admitted to the...
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2. John Adams 6. John Quincy Adams 35. John F. Kennedy...
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Ambassador JOHN SLIDELL CAMP # 1727; OFFICERS click on John Slidell to get a history of this camps namesake. COMMUNICATIONS - Michael West...
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JOHN SLIDELL CAMP #1727 Welcome to the website of Ambassador John Slidell Camp #1727, Sons of Confederate Veterans - Call 985-718-7817 to find out how to join our SCV camp. -Amb. John Slidell Camp #1727...
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